“For anybody to say I was a problem in the locker room or anything like that is totally a lie,” Burress told ESPN, according to ProFootballTalk.com. “All I did was come out, was a great teammate, tried to play the best football that I could play.”

Burress’ reputation as a distraction preceded him from his time with the Giants, which ended in 2008 when he shot himself in the leg in a New York City nightclub. He signed a one-year deal with the Jets last summer after serving nearly 21 months behind bars on a gun charge.